Senate debates

Monday, 18 June 2012

Bills

Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Bill 2012, Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012, Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012; In Committee

1:37 pm

Photo of Barnaby JoyceBarnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I might just drill down into that. Let me restate the question that I am asking. A person says, 'I need three voyages'—they cannot get a temporary licence—but later on says, 'Hang on, I need seven'. Let us make this easy for everybody; let us say it is over the July to June period. In July they say, 'We need three'. They get to September and a big wheat crop is coming in, and they say, 'Hang on, we had better book a couple more boats. We'll need seven.' Can they then go back and get a temporary licence? Or do you say, 'Sorry, mate, you only applied for three, so you are not going to get seven' and you do not get a temporary licence—is that the deal?

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